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Thoughts on the Ride Kink
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Puzzled Hi I am fairly new to boarding and have been going to the indoor slope in Manchester, I can get down the main slope and link my turns using the hire boards. I have just bought a Ride Kink 152 board and looked at the reviews on it which say this is a freestyle park board. This is where my confusion starts.I have never attempted jumps or rails but hope to get there in the future. Does this mean the board is ok for me or to advanced.
We are also going to Flaine in Feb 09 will this be ok down a mountain?
Has anybody got one of these boards or can anyone help me clear my confusion!!!!! (there's a challenge if i ever heard one)

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moj
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moj, welcome to snowHead snowHead

I don't know this board although generally Ride make good kit. 152 seems quite short, how tall/heavy are you? although it might be right for a freestyle board. It will be easy to turn due to the length although you might struggle to hold an edge on ice as it'll be quite soft. Generally speaking for piste use it'll be ok but the length could be an issue in powder, obviously it'll be a help in the park though.
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Very Happy Hi thanks for the response, I'm 5' 8" and about 10 stone the hire board i use is 150 so i thought this 152 may be abit long if anything from what you know about me (which isn't a great deal, granted) do you think i will cope with this board and i'm not going to kill myself on the first run!!!! ha no pressure wink
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moj, if you're that size it'll be fine and you probably won't be going off piste given your experience. I imagine you'll find it a lot better than the hire boards at Chill Factore too, when I looked at their hire kit it was shocking. Have fun snowHead
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Will do Thanks snowHead
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No probs, f/s boards have the same easy flex as beginner boards, so it'll be fine. It might be an issue when hammering down a piste at mach 1, but I suspect it'll take a few weeks on snow before you're doing that! Enjoy Very Happy !
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Sub4 wrote:
No probs, f/s boards have the same easy flex as beginner boards, so it'll be fine. It might be an issue when hammering down a piste at mach 1, but I suspect it'll take a few weeks on snow before you're doing that! Enjoy Very Happy !


not really, a beginner board will be flexy but will have absolutley no pop, a freestyle board yes it's flexy but it wants to pop.
Take a beginner board, stick the tail on your foot, grab the nose with your hand, push the centre of the board with your other hand, flex it like a madman, release your hand in the middle and feel how much it wants to straighten out. Freestyle boards want to straighten out quicker = POP Smile
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